Taiwanese Mandarin
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Taiwanese Mandarin, natively referred to as Guoyu or Huayu, is the variety of Standard Mandarin spoken in Taiwan. A large majority of the Taiwanese population is fluent in Mandarin, though many can al
Road sign in Nanzih District, Kaohsiung, showing Tongyong pinyin without tone marks (Jyunsiao in Hanyu pinyin is Junxiao)
The protruding green sign, for a bento shop in Taipei, uses a stylistic Japanese の. The sign behind it advertises bento as 便當, another term unique to Taiwanese Mandarin.
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Taiwan, officially the Republic of China, is a country in East Asia. The main island of Taiwan, also known as Formosa, lies between the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, wit
Taiwanese Mandarin
…national language') or Huayu (Chinese: 華語; pinyin: Huáyǔ; Zhuyin Fuhao: ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄩˇ; lit. 'Chinese language'), is the variety of Standard Mandarin spoken in Taiwan. A large majority of the Taiwanese population is fluent in Mandarin, though many can also speak Taiwanese Hokkien, which has had a significant influence…
2,300-year-old jade, unearthed at Beinan Cultural Park
Fort Zeelandia, built in 1634, was the governor's residence in Dutch Formosa.
Tainan Confucian Temple built in 1665 during the Kingdom of Tungning period
Chihkan Tower, originally built as Fort Provintia by the Dutch, was rebuilt under Qing rule.